New York, NY: 'The ethics of telling children if they were donorconceived', Sept 15

Found out about this too late to attend but please do report back if you can. I wonder what would be unethical, very interested to hear about this perspective.


The ethics of telling children if they were donor conceived
Speaker: John Appleby, Welcome Trust Fellow in Bioethics, Cambridge
University, UK


Sept 15/11. 6:00-7:30pm. Columbia University, Morningside Campus, New York
NB. The following location are both given in various notices about this
event, so check with Meghan Sweeney, to be sure which one is correct before
going:
* Hamilton 516
* Fayerweather 310


Presented by The Columbia Master of Science in Bioethics program
RSVP: Meghan Sweeney, ms4184@columbia.edu

A New Book by Sharon LaMothe for the Children of Surrogates: Surrogacy Helps Make a Family Grow!

A New Book by Sharon LaMothe for the Children of Surrogates: Surrogacy Helps Make a Family Grow!
I am thrilled to announce that my book, Surrogacy Helps Make a Family Grow!, is available on Amazon.com for those living and working in the world of surrogacy......Please see Sharons comment to this post, further clarification that this book is meant for the children of the Gestational Carrier. 

Sperm Donation Seems Simple, but Isn't - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com

An Excellent Panel for a Debate about Donor Anonymity


Lawlessness Has Had Its Upsides
David Plotz, author and editor of Slate


A Rush to Pass Laws
Jamie Grifo, program director, N.Y.U.
Fertility Center


Restoring the Human Connection
Colton Wooten, writer
Wild West of Fertility


Debora L. Spar, president, Barnard College


Proceed With Caution
Lori Andrews, professor, Chicago-Kent College of Law


Victimizing Gays and Lesbians
Beth Littrell, staff attorney, Lambda Legal


End the Anonymity
Naomi R. Cahn, law professor and Wendy Kramer, Donor Sibling Registry


A Private-Sector Problem
Charles A. Sims, president, California Cryobank


Rules Can Hurt the Vulnerable
Sujatha Jesudason, executive director, Generations Ahead


Start With Some Hard Questions
Robert G. Brzyski, American Society for Reproductive Medicine ethics committee

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/09/13/making-laws-about-making-babies/sperm-donation-seems-simple-but-isnt

In Canada:Surrogate not legally a baby’s mother, judge rules

Note the language in the article. Neither the Donor or GC are considered a Parent.


"...granting John and Bill's request, supported by Mary (gestational carrier via donor ovum and one father's sperm), to remove Mary's name from Sarah's birth certificate, Madame Justice Jacelyn Ann Ryan-Froslie of the province's Court of Queen's Bench, noted that the law defines a "mother" as the woman who delivered a child, and presumes she is also a parent, which is no longer always true.


Being a parent is an important legal designation, she wrote, and it does not apply to Mary, who surrendered all parental rights to John and Bill after Sarah's birth."


Full article here:

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/2011/09/13/surrogate-not-legally-a-babys-mother-judge-rules&s=Opinion

N.J. Supreme Court starts session with an egg donor/surrogacy case.

http://nj.com/advnj/db_/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=amhHwqm3&full=true#display

The NYC Gathering Dinner Meetings September 20th, October 17th.

Tuesday September 20, 6-8pm in Midtown with Special Guest, Judy Kottick, LCSW. The topic will be, "How to Talk with the Others in Your Life about Donor Conception".


Monday October 17, 6-9pm in Midtown with Special Guests, Wendy Kramer and her son Ryan Kramer of The Donor Sibling Registry.


Please Register for these events to Saxel95@aol.com.
Sara Axel
516-967-7430

Provocative New Documentary “Sperm Donor” Premieres Sept. 27 On Style - Ratings | TVbytheNumbers

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/09/07/provocative-new-documentary-%E2%80%9Csperm-donor-premieres-sept-27-on-style/102864/

From Wendy Kramer: Today's NY Times/Tomorrow the Today Show

One Sperm Donor, 150 Offspring
New York Times. Sept 5/11
http://tinyurl.com/NYT-2011-09-05
 


The Today Show will have me live from home (er....I mean DSR World Headquarters) tomorrow morning (Wednesday). 
They are also filming Ryan tonight in Pasadena for the piece.


Wendy Kramer
www.donorsiblingregistry.com
303-258-0902


"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One is roots; the other wings." - Hodding Carter

NYT: One Sperm Donor, 150 Sons,The DSR,ASRM Ethics Committee and more

By JACQUELINE MROZ
September 06, 2011

http://nytimes.com/2011/09/06/health/06donor.xml

A conversation in the UK.Was it right to lift anonymity for egg donors?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/newsdebate/f/t-10236213/p-1/index.html